Discussion Questions - Listening

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1. you read the think when you headline? What did

2. the your are 'death'? you in when images hear What mind word

3. death penalty? What of the you think do

4. human What rights campaigners? do of you think

5. think do What row? death you of

6. does the achieve? What death penalty

7. imprisonment life mean imprisonment forever? Should

8. criminals? the What to way is deal best serious with

9. think of prisons? do What you

10. would killers? sentence you What give to

11. article? you this reading like Did

12. 'penalty'? you you do the when think word hear What of

13. think what you read? you What about do

14. know you Amnesty International? What do about

15. the Will death countries? in abolished all penalty be

16. the inhumane is How penalty? death

17. history books? should be the consigned to other What things

18. need rights human addressing? other What issues

19. be needs What more done? to

20. questions What ask like you would to leader? Malaysia's

Back to the death penalty lesson.

Death Penalty - The 20 Questions

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'death'?
  3. What do you think of the death penalty?
  4. What do you think of human rights campaigners?
  5. What do you think of death row?
  6. What does the death penalty achieve?
  7. Should life imprisonment mean imprisonment forever?
  8. What is the best way to deal with serious criminals?
  9. What do you think of prisons?
  10. What sentence would you give to killers?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'penalty'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you know about Amnesty International?
  5. Will the death penalty be abolished in all countries?
  6. How inhumane is the death penalty?
  7. What other things should be consigned to the history books?
  8. What other human rights issues need addressing?
  9. What more needs to be done?
  10. What questions would you like to ask Malaysia's leader?

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